The discussions regarding" exten-territoriality were continued today. Among the. aspects of the question dealt with were the present and future positions of the Some non-Chinese delegates maintained that the immediate rendition of Shanghai would produce chaos apart from the.question of.
interference with the While the discussions did not produce any concrete scheme in this respect, several suggestions as to) possible lines of approach were made, It was recognized that oven If there were complete rendition, and jarigdietion by Chinese Courts, theca would still be Chinese obligations to foreigners under International Law, the exact nature of which obliga. tions, it was suggested, should be referred to the League of Nations for definition as th might be disputes about them.
One suggestion was that abolition of extraterritoriality should be by. the abrogation of existing treaty and that negotiations with that end in view should begin soon, with a date to be fixed for abolition, such date to be far enough ahead to give all nationals time to adjust then solves to the chang 'The Japanese delegates generally' expressed sympathy with the idea of the abolition of extraterritoriality as soon as possible, It was generally felt that the! discussions both on extraterritoriality and the Concessions had cleared the air a good deal as regards tae issues at stake as well as clearing: the ground for some sane, rational approach to the solution of an admittedly difficult. problem,
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